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Youth Arts and Sports: Underutilized Tools in International Stability Efforts

Youth are disproportionately affected by conflict but are seldom the focus of U.S. conflict prevention and stabilization policy. Arts and sports programming provide an outlet and help establish trust needed for their meaningful participation in civil society.

Commentary by Abigail Edwards and John Christianson — July 19, 2023

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Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde

Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss

Senior Fellow and Director, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center

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Youth Arts and Sports: Underutilized Tools in International Stability Efforts

Youth are disproportionately affected by conflict but are seldom the focus of U.S. conflict prevention and stabilization policy. Arts and sports programming provide an outlet and help establish trust needed for their meaningful participation in civil society.

Commentary by Abigail Edwards and John Christianson — July 19, 2023

Innovative Public-Private Partnerships in Food Systems of the Future

Join the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, in collaboration with the CSIS Global Food Security Program, for a conversation on private-sector engagement on food security and the importance of promoting impactful public-private partnerships in the future.

Event by Richard Crespin , Charlene Denizard , Carol Moore , Katherine F. Pickus , Susan Zimmerman , and Curt Reintsma — July 18, 2023

Beyond AGOA: Building a Bigger Africa Policy

The United States should completely rethink some of the core tenants of U.S.-Africa policy and eliminate any contradictions and inconsistencies in its relations with African governments.

Commentary by Eliot Pence — July 18, 2023

Into Africa

The State of Africa’s Indebtedness

David McNair, W. Gyude Moore, and Savior Mwambwa discuss the state of indebtedness in Africa.

Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — July 13, 2023

CSIS Into Africa
Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Building Peace and Keeping It with Bob Berg

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Bob Berg who shares insights into the importance of peacebuilding, the challenges to peacekeeping, and some of the current shortcomings on the international stage, particularly in the developing world.

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — July 13, 2023

CSIS Building the Future

Reimagining the AGOA to Deepen the U.S.-African Economic Partnership

With the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) set to expire in 2025 and China's presence in the region growing, the United States has an opportunity to update its economic offer to Africa. This article examines five key questions that Congress should consider.  

Commentary by Daniel F. Runde and Thomas Bryja — July 11, 2023

Central African Republic Mine Displays Stakes for Wagner Group’s Future

To understand the financial motives at play as the future of the Wagner Group remains in question, CSIS analyzed satellite imagery of Wagner’s expanding gold mining operations in the Central African Republic.

Commentary by Catrina Doxsee , Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. , and Jennifer Jun — July 3, 2023

Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

Multi-stakeholder and Public-Private Partnerships in Food Systems of the Future

In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by C.D. Glin, the president of the PepsiCo Foundation and the Global Head of Philanthropy at PepsiCo Inc, and Ginya Truitt Nakata an expert in food security and an independent consultant to discuss insights on global agriculture and food security, and how the private sector has the potential to facilitate the growth of more sustainable food systems worldwide.  

 

Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — June 21, 2023

CSIS Building the Future